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How to keep clean your WordPress Website, minimal security countermeasures

WordPress has made building websites super easy and has enabled individuals and organizations of any size to have an online presence. When hosting your WordPress website, taking care its security is essential. The last thing you want to happen is to wake up in the morning and find your website is hacked and all your…

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Ransomware Gangs to Stop Attacking Health Organisations During Pandemic

Some Ransomware operators have stated that they will no longer target health and medical organizations during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Last night, BleepingComputer reached out to the operators of the Maze, DoppelPaymer, Ryuk, Sodinokibi/REvil, PwndLocker, and Ako Ransomware infections to ask if they would continue targeting health and medical organizations during the outbreak. Below is what…

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Wiper Malware Called “Coronavirus” Spreads Among Windows Victims

Wiper Malware Called “Coronavirus” Spreads Among Windows Victims Like NotPetya, it overwrites the master boot record to render computers “trashed.” A new Windows malware has emerged that makes disks unusable by overwriting the master boot record (MBR). It takes its cue from the COVID-19 pandemic, calling itself simply “Coronavirus.” Overwriting the MBR is the same…